Recaps

Qin Yan summoned the Water Element Wonder Tree to battle the Molten Core Giant King's Spirit Beast Projection, the Molten Core Flame Lord. While the two projections clashed in the sky, Qin Yan resumed attacking the Giant King and left its body covered in wounds.

• Qin Yan summoned the Water Element Wonder Tree, and the Molten Core Giant King called forth the Molten Core Flame Lord.
• The Water Element Wonder Tree slowed and frosted the Flame Lord, then withstood its eighteen hammer strikes without being harmed.
• Qin Yan explained that his Water Element Wonder Tree wielded nearly ten million Cal of Blood Qi, surpassing the Flame Lord's power by roughly one million Cal.
• Qin Yan charged the Molten Core Giant King again with his spear while the projections fought above the volcano.
• Qin Yan's Spear Technique and Tri-Element Fusion True Qi cut deep holes and gashes across the Molten Core Giant King's body.

Qin Yan and the Water Element Wonder Tree overwhelmed the Molten Core Giant King after the tree destroyed the Molten Core Flame Lord, but the Giant King gathered its remaining power into a giant flame fist. The chapter ended as the Molten Core Flame Fist formed above its head, poised to strike.

• The Water Element Wonder Tree unleashed the Dark Nether True Water, shattered the Molten Core Flame Lord's Lava Wall, and froze the projection until it vanished.
• The Molten Core Giant King suffered backlash from the destruction of its Spirit Beast Projection, giving Qin Yan an opening to intensify his spear attacks.
• The Water Element Wonder Tree joined Qin Yan in a pincer attack, striking the Molten Core Giant King with water arrows while Qin Yan stabbed with his spear.
• The Molten Core Giant King decided it had no choice but to risk everything and activated the Molten Core Flame Fist.
• The Molten Core Giant King concentrated its flames above its head and formed a gigantic crimson fist.

Qin Yan defeated the Molten Core Giant King and cleared the Lava Secret Realm. After being teleported back to the Mystic Sanctuary, he saw his name recorded as having completed the first of the Three Trials of True Disciple.

• The Molten Core Giant King launched a desperate attack, but Qin Yan blocked its flaming fist with Five Elements Block.
• The Water Element Wonder Tree pierced the Molten Core Giant King with water arrows, leaving it badly wounded.
• Qin Yan killed the Molten Core Giant King with a three-attribute spear strike.
• A guardian congratulated Qin Yan and teleported him out of the Lava Secret Realm.
• Qin Yan checked the Inner Academy Disciple Ranking and found his name marked as having cleared the Lava Secret Realm.

Qin Yan waited to see whether Jiang Li would clear the Lava Secret Realm while continuing to train his Spear Technique. Jiang Li emerged after defeating the Blazing Lizard Dragon, and she realized Qin Yan’s mental strength was exceptionally powerful.

• Qin Yan searched the Inner Academy Disciple Ranking and saw that Jiang Li had not yet left the Lava Secret Realm.
• Qin Yan practiced his Spear Technique while waiting for Jiang Li to return.
• Jiang Li emerged from the Lava Secret Realm after defeating the Blazing Lizard Dragon in Blazing Canyon.
• Jiang Li wondered whether Qin Yan had cleared the trial and considered using his results to judge his strength.
• Qin Yan transmitted his voice to Jiang Li from several hundred meters away, and she inferred that his mental strength exceeded three hundred Hz.

Qin Yan told Jiang Li that he had cleared Molten Core Volcano, impressing her enough to honor their bet and treat him to lunch. While they ate at Purple Cloud Garden, the spirit food helped Qin Yan open two more acupoints, bringing his total to thirty-eight.

• Qin Yan and Jiang Li confirmed that they had both cleared the Lava Secret Realm, and Jiang Li admitted she had lost their bet.
• Jiang Li said she had defeated a Half-Step Grandmaster Blazing Lizard Dragon in Blazing Canyon, and Qin Yan revealed he had cleared Molten Core Volcano and defeated its stronger challenge.
• Jiang Li honored the bet by taking Qin Yan to Purple Cloud Garden, where he ordered a lavish meal.
• As Qin Yan ate the spirit food, its energy surged through his body and caused two hidden acupoints to emerge.
• Qin Yan circulated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to open the two acupoints, bringing his total to thirty-eight.

After sharing spirit food with Jiang Li, Qin Yan said he wanted to become Mystic Sanctuary’s Holy Son and would remain at the Sanctuary if he failed. The chapter explained how Resident Disciples could stay and cultivate there, and how Sanctuary graduates could join the Mystic Guard.

• Qin Yan thanked Jiang Li for the spirit food, but eating the meal did not push his cultivation beyond thirty-eight acupoints.
• Jiang Li gained a little cultivation progress and asked Qin Yan what he planned to do after graduation.
• Qin Yan told Jiang Li that he wanted to become the Sanctuary’s Holy Son.
• Jiang Li asked what he would do if he failed, and Qin Yan replied that he would remain at Mystic Sanctuary as a Resident Disciple.
• Qin Yan considered the Sanctuary’s rules for Resident Disciples and graduates, including graduates’ eligibility to join the Mystic Guard.

Jiang Li warned Qin Yan that remaining at the Mystic Sanctuary could bring greater competition and fewer resources, but he stayed determined to pursue the Holy Son position and graduate. She then told him that the Cangwu Small World's World Origin might be awarded to the top-performing prodigy among those qualified to enter it, giving Qin Yan a powerful new reason to compete.

• Jiang Li explained the benefits and drawbacks of joining the Mystic Guard or remaining at the Mystic Sanctuary, while Qin Yan resolved to stay and contend for the Holy Son position.
• Jiang Li raised her teacup and told Qin Yan she would support his choice, and he thanked her.
• Jiang Li shared uncertain confidential information that the Inner Academy elders planned to increase competition among the Cangwu Small World entrants.
• Jiang Li revealed that the elders might award the Cangwu Small World's World Origin to the best-performing prodigy in Qin Yan's batch.
• Qin Yan considered the World Origin's power and value, recognizing that the other qualified prodigies would want it too.

After Jiang Li told Qin Yan about the Cangwu Small World, he studied its dangerous conditions and concluded that the Holy Land had made it a trial ground for its disciples. He focused on training to improve his chances of surviving and claiming the World Origin, and half a month passed until May 8.

• Jiang Li shared information about the Cangwu Small World with Qin Yan, and he thanked her before they parted.
• Qin Yan studied the Token's records and learned that the world was in chaos after the Sanctuary captured or killed its Eighth- and Ninth-Rank powerhouses.
• Qin Yan learned that Grandmasters and hostile natives posed a severe threat to visiting disciples, whose presence the world would reveal.
• Qin Yan concluded that the Holy Land had deliberately turned the Cangwu Small World into a dangerous trial and resolved to monitor its factions, resources, and shifting conditions.
• Qin Yan set aside his worries and trained with the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon; half a month passed, bringing the date to May 8.

Qin Yan completed his tenth batch of Awakening Aperture Pills without a single failure, bringing his total to one hundred and preparing to use them to reach the Awakening Aperture Peak. His mental strength had risen to 471 Hz, while his Qi Refining cultivation still lagged behind.

• Qin Yan refined his final batch of ten Awakening Aperture Pills after reaching Sixth Grade Alchemist.
• Qin Yan added the ten pills to the ninety he had already made, giving him one hundred pills and saving a thousand Mystic Points compared with buying them.
• Qin Yan noted that using the pills would leave his Qi Refining cultivation further behind because he had not unlocked formulas for fire- and earth-attribute spirit pills.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and saw that his mental strength had reached 471 Hz, placing him among the strongest Mental Strength Cultivators in the Mystic Sanctuary's Inner Academy.

Qin Yan reflected on the Shadow Clone’s exceptional talent for Darkness Essence and learned how Mental Strength Cultivators differed from Martial Artists. He remained at 471 Hz, 29 Hz short of the 500-Hz breakthrough that could let him wield Heaven-Earth Force and eventually become an Array Mage.

• Qin Yan realized the Shadow Clone’s Darkness Essence talent surpassed even the Holy Land’s Mental Strength Prodigies.
• The Shadow Clone developed dark attacks, defenses, and perception skills while comprehending Darkness Essence.
• Qin Yan reviewed how cultivators used mental strength and Rules, while Martial Artists relied on their bodies and Blood Qi.
• Qin Yan recalled that cultivators above 500 Hz could draw on Heaven-Earth Force, and that seventh-rank formation mastery could make one an Array Mage.
• Qin Yan checked his panel and saw that his mental strength was 471 Hz, leaving him 29 Hz short of the 500-Hz threshold.

Qin Yan reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of Mental Strength Cultivators and the difficulty of crossing the five-hundred-hertz threshold. He observed his Shadow Clone and Little Black’s Shadow Clone studying the Darkness Dao together, then decided to focus on improving his Body Refining strength with his Awakening Aperture Pills.

• Qin Yan considered how Mental Strength Cultivators relied on their techniques but remained vulnerable to close-range attacks, and how rare mental strength talent was.
• Qin Yan credited his Shadow Clone with developing his mental strength and estimated that reaching five hundred hertz would remain difficult.
• Qin Yan recalled that Little Black cultivated both mental strength and Body Refining, supported by its demon bloodline and inherited secrets.
• Qin Yan observed his Shadow Clone and Little Black’s Shadow Clone discussing and comprehending the Darkness Dao in the Blood Demon Nest.
• Qin Yan decided to improve his Body Refining cultivation by consuming his one hundred Awakening Aperture Pills.

Qin Yan used Awakening Aperture Pills and the Undying Blood Demon Scripture to open acupoints until only the two hidden in his heart remained. He opened the Blood Acupoint and Dark Acupoint, reaching the Awakening Aperture Peak with all 108 acupoints complete.

• Qin Yan took Awakening Aperture Pills and circulated the Undying Blood Demon Scripture, opening acupoints along his Blood Demon Martial Meridians.
• By May 9th, Qin Yan had opened 106 acupoints and identified the Blood Acupoint and Dark Acupoint hidden in his heart as the final two.
• Qin Yan carefully washed the heart acupoints with Blood Qi and Demon Qi until they were fully opened.
• Qin Yan completed all 108 acupoints and felt his strength, speed, defense, and Blood Qi recovery improve dramatically.

After reaching Peak Sixth Grade in Body Refining, Qin Yan found his Blood Qi had risen to 1,654,000 Cal and awakened the Undying Blood River, strengthening him further. He then checked the Cangwu Small World and learned that the Central Domain had stabilized while the Qingyun Kingdom had fallen to the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom.

• Qin Yan checked his status and saw that his Blood Qi had risen to 1,654,000 Cal, bringing his foundation in line with the sanctuary's top prodigies.
• Qin Yan summoned the Undying Blood River, which amplified his Blood Qi by 0.8 times, and decided to keep the demonic Undying Black Hole hidden.
• Qin Yan withdrew the blood river and examined the latest developments in the Cangwu Small World through his Token.
• The Heavenly Dao Alliance, Spiritual Treasure Sect, and Beast Spirit Sect secured the Central Domain, where the World Origin was thought most likely to be hidden.
• The two Beast Kings killed the Qingyun Kingdom's Azure Cloud Grandmaster, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom's Beast Tide overran the kingdom, destroying its cities, sects, and inheritances.

Qin Yan reviewed the Cangwu Small World's fragile peace and returned to spear training while Lin Ruoxi completed a Supreme Sword Intent Embryo. Lin Ruoxi infused it with Great Xia's Imperial Dao Qi, beginning its transformation into true Supreme Sword Intent.

• Qin Yan learned that Jin Chan had killed two Blood God Sect Grandmasters, the sect had collapsed, and the Cangwu Small World had begun to stabilize.
• Qin Yan judged that conflict still simmered beneath the apparent peace and resumed cultivating with his spear.
• Lin Ruoxi fused her nine perfected strands of Sword Intent into a single transparent Supreme Sword Intent Embryo.
• Lin Ruoxi drew on Imperial Dao Qi granted by the Great Xia Dynasty and fed it into the embryo.
• The Sword Intent Embryo absorbed the Imperial Dao Qi, took on a faint golden hue, and began transforming into true Supreme Sword Intent.

Qin Yan learned that Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, and Feng Wuji had condensed Supreme Grade Intent, while Su Qingwan’s mental strength had reached 499.5 Hz. He reflected on his own stalled progress and prepared supplies for Little Black, whose mental strength had surpassed 500 Hz and who was a Rune Master.

• Golden dragon phantoms appeared above Long Aotian’s cave dwelling, while phantoms of the four treasures of the study filled the sky above Su Qingwan’s cave dwelling.
• Inner Academy disciples spread news that Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, and Feng Wuji had condensed Supreme Grade Intent and that Su Qingwan had reached 499.5 Hz in mental strength.
• Qin Yan heard the news and considered the significance of Su Qingwan’s breakthrough as he wondered when his own mental strength would advance beyond 499 Hz.
• Qin Yan recalled that Little Black had crossed the 500 Hz threshold and was a Rune Master.
• Qin Yan exchanged Mystic Points for a Seventh-Grade Spirit Brush, blank rune paper, and ink for Little Black.

Qin Yan watched Little Black practice Talisman Crafting with the Spirit Brush he had bought, and Little Black failed repeatedly as it learned to draw Spirit Runes. By its eighth attempt, it was making steady progress, but the chapter ended before the talisman’s result was revealed.

• Qin Yan inspected the Spirit Brush and other items he had bought for 2,000 Mystic Points as Little Black began crafting a talisman.
• Little Black’s first attempt failed when Darkness Force erupted and destroyed the talisman paper, and Qin Yan comforted it.
• Little Black’s second attempt failed when dark flames consumed the talisman paper.
• Little Black repeatedly rested and tried again, failing on the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sheets.
• On its eighth attempt, Little Black drew the talisman’s lines steadily and carefully, building the framework and details toward the center.

Little Black successfully refined a Seventh-Rank Mid-Grade Dark Flood Dragon Talisman, giving Qin Yan a powerful new safeguard, though its next two attempts failed. A True Disciple named Zhang Hao arrived at Qin Yan’s cave dwelling and effortlessly repelled Qin Yan’s Mental Detection.

• Little Black completed a Dark Flood Dragon Talisman that could unleash an attack as powerful as a Seventh-Rank Mid-Grade Grandmaster’s full-force strike.
• Little Black used the remaining talisman papers in two unsuccessful attempts, and Qin Yan declined to exchange for more because he needed to conserve Mystic Points.
• Qin Yan sensed someone outside his cave dwelling and used Mental Strength to identify a blue-robed young man as a likely True Disciple.
• Zhang Hao noticed Qin Yan’s Mental Detection, called him Junior Brother, and knocked the detection back with his sharp aura.
• Qin Yan recognized Zhang Hao’s terrifying strength and watched him solemnly from inside the cave dwelling.

Zhang Hao invited Qin Yan to Ten Thousand Swords Peak for a match at the Peak Master's request, and Qin Yan agreed without learning the details. At the peak, Jian Wuya spoke with Lu Chenyuan of Emperor Fall Valley about the promising but sheltered disciples Lu had brought.

• Qin Yan emerged from his Cave Dwelling and met Zhang Hao, who was surprised by Qin Yan's rapid improvement in Body Refining.
• Zhang Hao introduced himself as a True Disciple of Ten Thousand Swords Peak and invited Qin Yan to participate in a match at the Peak Master's request.
• Qin Yan agreed to go with Zhang Hao, and the two flew toward Ten Thousand Swords Peak.
• Jian Wuya stood above Ten Thousand Swords Peak with Lu Chenyuan, the Vein Lord of Emperor Fall Valley's Moonlight Lineage.
• Jian Wuya remarked that Emperor Fall Valley had produced promising disciples, and Lu Chenyuan admitted they had grown arrogant because they had never faced real hardship.

Lu Chenyuan brought Emperor Fall Valley’s young talents to the Mystic Sanctuary, where he and Jian Wuya wagered the Enlightenment Sword Bamboo on a contest. Qin Yan arrived at Ten Thousand Swords Peak and learned he would join seven other foremost East Academy talents, but the contest had only seven places.

• Lu Chenyuan agreed to give Jian Wuya the Enlightenment Sword Bamboo if he lost their wager.
• Zhang Hao led Qin Yan through Ten Thousand Swords Peak to the Sword Discussion Hall.
• Qin Yan found Long Aotian, Lin Ruoxi, Su Qingwan, Huang Jiuli, Zhao Wuji, Feng Wuji, and Beichen Xing gathered in the hall.
• Zhang Hao left Qin Yan with the seven other Heavenly Stairway challengers.
• Huang Jiuli teased Qin Yan by demanding that he beg before she explained what was happening.

Huang Jiuli told Qin Yan that Emperor Fall Valley had arrived with seven disciples for an Arena Tournament against East Academy’s eight Heavenly Stairway clearers. As Qin Yan practiced his spear, Emperor Fall Valley’s leading disciples, Luo Qinghe and Li Tianxing, identified him and reconsidered their initial dismissal of his strength.

• Huang Jiuli explained that Emperor Fall Valley was a powerful Origin Realm faction whose Vein Lords were True Emperor Realm experts, and that its seven disciples would compete against East Academy’s eight clearers.
• Qin Yan surveyed the Emperor Fall Valley disciples, then continued training his Spear Technique while they watched him.
• Luo Qinghe warned her fellow disciples not to be careless and identified Qin Yan as the disciple their teacher had mentioned.
• Li Tianxing recognized Qin Yan as a cultivator of the Five Elements Chaos Genesis, prompting the Emperor Fall Valley disciples to take his strength seriously.
• Qin Yan remained focused on practicing his spear until laughter rang through the great hall.

Jian Wuya offered the Heavenly Stairway challengers a chance to become his disciples if they defeated Emperor Fall Valley’s disciples, then separated four challengers for an internal spar. Qin Yan, Huang Jiuli, Beichen Xing, and Zhao Wuji were transported into a vast silver-white space that appeared to be the Sword Domain.

• Jian Wuya appeared with Lu Chenyuan and offered the challengers a chance to become his disciples by winning their matches, with three thousand Mystic Points as compensation for those who failed.
• Jian Wuya selected Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, Feng Wuji, and Su Qingwan to compete directly against Emperor Fall Valley’s strongest disciples.
• Jian Wuya ordered Qin Yan, Huang Jiuli, Beichen Xing, and Zhao Wuji to spar among themselves, with the first defeated to be eliminated.
• Jian Wuya enveloped the four challengers in sword intent and transported them from the hall into a vast silver-white space filled with drifting strands of sword intent.

Qin Yan, Huang Jiuli, Zhao Wuji, and Beichen Xing entered a vast space created by Jian Wuya’s sword-path rules for their qualifying match. Huang Jiuli and Beichen Xing went to fight separately, leaving Qin Yan and Zhao Wuji to face off as Qin Yan charged forward.

• Huang Jiuli and Beichen Xing explained that the vast space was likely constructed from Jian Wuya’s sword-path Rules rather than being a domain.
• Jian Wuya announced that the match had begun and prohibited the use of borrowed power.
• Huang Jiuli chose to fight Beichen Xing, and the two flew off to battle in the distance.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Qin Yan and gathered Blood Qi around his fists.
• Qin Yan summoned the Mo Yuan Spirit Weapon and rushed toward Zhao Wuji at tremendous speed.

Qin Yan and Zhao Wuji clashed after Zhao Wuji revealed his Xuanhuang Battle Fist and opened his Xuanhuang Domain. Qin Yan overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with a relentless spear attack, ending the chapter with Zhao Wuji crashing to the ground.

• Zhao Wuji put on his Xuanhuang Battle Fist as Qin Yan activated Blood Burst and spread his Blood Mist Domain.
• Zhao Wuji opened his Xuanhuang Domain, whose phantoms held back and gradually weakened Qin Yan's blood mist.
• Qin Yan thrust his spear at Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Wuji countered with a powerful Xuanhuang fist shadow.
• Qin Yan chased the airborne Zhao Wuji and unleashed a rapid, unpredictable barrage of spear thrusts, cutting through his defenses and leaving shallow wounds.
• Qin Yan swept his spear into Zhao Wuji's waist and sent him crashing to the ground.

Qin Yan decisively suppressed Zhao Wuji, who used the Limitless Sect's Mystic Yellow Force to strengthen his attacks but could not break through Qin Yan's Five Elements Block. Just as they considered stopping their fight and waiting for Huang Jiuli and Beichen Xing to decide the outcome, Jian Wuya's enormous swords appeared overhead, making clear he expected them to continue.

• Qin Yan overwhelmed Zhao Wuji in close combat, prompting Zhao Wuji to realize Qin Yan's Blood Qi burst exceeded his own.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed the Limitless Sect's Mystic Yellow Force, raising his Blood Qi burst to 12.15 million Cal, and attacked Qin Yan with a massive blast of Fist Qi.
• Qin Yan used Five Elements Block to reduce the blast's power and redirect it, remaining unharmed and unmoved.
• Zhao Wuji proposed that they stop fighting and wait for Huang Jiuli and Beichen Xing to determine the winner, and Qin Yan was about to agree.
• Two enormous silver-white swords appeared above Qin Yan and Zhao Wuji, bearing the words “Do I not exist?” and revealing Jian Wuya's disapproval of their plan.

Jian Wuya forced Qin Yan, Zhao Wuji, Huang Jiuli, and Beichen Xing to fight rather than wait for others to decide the winner. Qin Yan and Zhao Wuji resumed their duel, where Zhao Wuji gained a slight advantage with his Mystic Yellow Battle Body but could not break through Qin Yan’s Five Elements Block.

• Jian Wuya prevented Huang Jiuli and Beichen Xing from making peace, forcing them to fight.
• After the enormous swords vanished, Qin Yan refused Zhao Wuji’s request to avoid fighting and claimed a Prodigy should have an unstoppable spirit.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Mystic Yellow Battle Body and challenged Qin Yan with his Mystic Yellow Gauntlets.
• Zhao Wuji’s Mystic Yellow Force gave him a slight advantage, but Qin Yan’s Five Elements Block reduced every attack and kept him undefeated.